Day: June 10, 2012

This weekend, progressive blogger/social media types gathered in Providence, Rhode Island for Netroots Nation 2012 (NN12). Here in Wisconsin, Democrats gathered in Appleton for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2012 convention. Throughout NN12, folks like Emily Mills from Dane 101 were tweeting updates on the goings-on at NN12, prompting a…

The modern Republican party has become so severely dysfunctional that it is destroying the body politic. From a discussion by Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein at U.C. Berkeley on May 18, 2012: Norm Ornstein: And let me just add, in a personal note, Tom and I have had great success as partners…

Here we go! WASHINGTON — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) criticized public-sector unions on Sunday, saying they should be eliminated entirely. “There’s, I think, a fundamental problem with government becoming its own special interest group,” he told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “Ultimately, there is not really bargaining in…

Looks like Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s got himself some trouble with a group of very passionate nuns… American nuns are taking their opposition of the proposed Paul Ryan budget to the American people and embarking on a bus tour through some of America’s most politically important states. NETWORK, a group…